Oklahoma Shop Sets a Standard in the Bindery

"With this equipment, there was no more setting anything by hand on the side guides," she says. "Everything is automated now, and that was a big factor for the operators; they really like the automated features."

Gray points out that the 10-employee OKDHS in-plant does a lot of scoring, especially on runs of 25,000 or longer. The StitchLiner allows operators to score without doing any stitching, which saves the staff from hand-feeding work into a smaller machine.